Appointment of Frederick L. Ahearn as Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of the Presidential Advance Office

The President today announced the appointment of Frederick L. Ahearn as Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of the Presidential Advance Office.

Mr. Ahearn first joined the Presidential Advance Office on January 20, 1981, as Staff Assistant to the President, after serving on President Reagan's campaign staff in 1979 and 1980. In November 1981, Mr. Ahearn served as chairman of the Federal Regional Council of New England. He served in this capacity as well as Regional Representative of the Secretary of Labor until August 1984. He then left the administration to join President Reagan's reelection campaign staff. Following the reelection of the President, Mr. Ahearn served as a group director at the 1985 Presidential Inaugural Committee. In February 1985, he resumed his post as a Regional Representative of the Secretary of Labor in Region I. Mr. Ahearn rejoined the Presidential Advance Office in February 1986 and was appointed Deputy Director of Presidential Advance in February 1988.

Mr. Ahearn was educated at Boston College and presently resides in Alexandria, VA. He was born on November 6, 1949, in Boston, MA.